In a blow to the UK tech sector, the Soho games studio behind smash hit app Candy Crush Sagahas reportedly filed for a stock market listing in the US, despite efforts by the British Government to retain UK tech talent.

Once, it was vinyl singles that set youthful pulses racing. Now the most closely followed charts are those for video games. Titles such as Call of Duty, Super Mario and my grandson’s particular favourite, Minecraft, sell in their millions. But none is bigger, nor more controversial, than Grand Theft Auto (GTA).

Right now, 50 per cent of the world’s population lives in cities, and by 2050 it will be 75 per cent, according to the BBC. Being an unreconstructed London-till-I-die townie, I used this fact to stamp forever on any vestigial dreams my wife may harbour that we will eventually move to the vastly overrated countryside. The Beeb, however, used the figures to indulge in one of those wildly speculative but always entertaining articles about how London will look in — dramatic minor chord — the FUTURRRRRE!